Ship Island, Mississippi Sound Tides Today
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Ship Island, Mississippi Sound runs a mean tidal range of about 1.4 ft. This month the highest water, 2.4 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 28, and the lowest, a -0.3 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| High tide | 1:39 AM | 2.3 ft |
| Low tide | 1:08 PM | -0.1 ft |
Today on the water at Ship Island, Mississippi Sound
Today at Ship Island, Mississippi Sound: high tide at 1:39 AM (2.3 ft), low tide at 1:08 PM (-0.1 ft). Sunrise is at 7:08 AM and sunset at 6:10 PM.
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Ship Island, Mississippi Sound is
Ship Island, Mississippi Sound sits at 30.2133° N, 88.9717° W on the northern Gulf of Mexico, about 11 mi southeast of Gulfport, MS. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1979 until 2011, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is St. Louis Bay entrance (NOAA 8747437), 22.5 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 95 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Keesler Air Force Base / Biloxi, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 14.4 mi away.
The tide at Ship Island, Mississippi Sound
Ship Island, Mississippi Sound has a diurnal tide: usually one high and one low a day, with the daily rhythm shifting about 50 minutes later each day and fading near the moon's equatorial crossing. This month's predictions average 1.1 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.6 ft, and 1.5 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. For the water around it: Northern Gulf tides are diurnal, one high and one low most days with ranges of 1 to 2 ft, so wind and river stage move the water as much as the moon.
Datum and source
Heights on this page are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero NOAA's nautical charts use for soundings. A predicted 0.0 ft low is the average of the lower low each day; a minus tide is water below chart datum, and a 2 ft high means 2 ft more water than the chart shows. NOAA fixes MLLW at Ship Island, Mississippi Sound from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.6 ft above it and mean sea level 0.8 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Pascagoula NOAA Lab, MS gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8744756, established 1979, gauge removed 2011. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Ship Island, Mississippi Sound
- Gulfport Harbor, Mississippi Sound: 12.1 mi, tides about 10 min later
- Biloxi (Cadet Point), Biloxi Bay: 14.0 mi, tides about 27 min later
- Biloxi: 14.3 mi, tides about 57 min later
- Ocean Springs: 16.1 mi, tides about 52 min later
- Pass Christian Yacht Club, Mississippi Sound: 17.6 mi, tides about 60 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Ship Island, Mississippi Sound this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 30, Oct 31. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.
🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Ship Island, Mississippi Sound this month: Oct 2, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30, Oct 31. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock, prime for sight-fishing and clamming.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Ship Island, Mississippi Sound, peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).
| Day | Major windows | Minor windows | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today 🌖 | 4:37–6:37 AM 5:02–7:02 PM | 10:22–12:22 AM 11:57–1:57 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 5:37–7:37 AM 6:02–8:02 PM | — 12:43–2:43 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:32–8:32 AM 6:57–8:57 PM | 11:33–1:33 AM 1:23–3:23 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:23–9:23 AM 7:48–9:48 PM | 12:41–2:41 AM 1:57–3:57 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:11–10:11 AM 8:36–10:36 PM | 1:46–3:46 AM 2:29–4:29 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 8:57–10:57 AM 9:22–11:22 PM | 2:48–4:48 AM 2:59–4:59 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 9:42–11:42 AM 10:07–12:07 AM | 3:49–5:49 AM 3:28–5:28 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8744756. Solunar windows computed from the moon's position for this location. Times shown in the station's local time. Not for navigation.
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